Sewing-cabinet.



7 PATENTED OUT. 22, 1907; s. w. FURST.

SEWING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-15, 1907.

' if J SAMUEL WILLIS FURST, OF WILLIAMSPORTf PENNSYLVANIA.

SEWING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed I'ebruary15, 1907. Serial Nox 357,539.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SAMUEL WILLIS Enter, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovemcnts in Sewing-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. 7

My present invention relates to improvements in sewing cabinets designed for holding the various articles required by a house wife, seamstress, tailor, or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a cabinet having conveniently arranged therein, means for holding all of the various articles used in sewing, in such a position as to be readily accessible.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the arrangement of parts and the particular features of construction hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet with the lid removed, part ol' the wall being broken away. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views. I

In this drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of the cabinet, which may conveniently be made of the form of a rectangular shallow tray. In proximity to the side walls and parallel thereto are located the partitions 2 and 3, which form receptacles for holding unbroken and partly used packages of pins, needles, hooks and eyes and other like articles. These partition walls may be provided with recesses 2 and 3 for the admission of the linger for the more readily effecting the removal of the articles contained in the pockets. Partition walls 4, 1 and 4 in proximity to the rear side of the cabinet form additional pockets or receptacles 5, 6, which are designed to receive respectively a cushion for loose pins and needles, and a tape measure. In the space between the partition 4* and the partition 2, 1 locate a removable button box '7.

Extending forward from the partition 4 is a block 9 which is provided with a series of parallel recesses 10 designed l' or holding a plurality of pairs of scissors. The

space at the end of the block provides ample room for the heads of the scissors. At its front end the block is provided with a plurality of seats 11 for holding thimblcs. Extending clear across the box in front of the block S) is a row of posts 12 which are designed to hold spools of thread as indicated at 13. Just in rear oi the front wall 1 of the cabinet I provide a plurality of spool holders for holding spools of thread that are in use and from which the thread is to be drawn. These spool holders are shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3 and may conveniently be made in two sizes and forms for holding smaller and larger spools. In each form I prefer to make the body of the holder from a single piece of sheet metal having a horizontal portion 13 adapted to be socured to the door of the cabinet by screws. and the upwardly extending portions 1 1 and 15. The right hand portion 15 has a downwardly turned portion 16 ex tending at an incline thereto and having a foot 17 secured to the base by a screw, as shown; this portion 16 forming a brace to hold the part 15 rigid. The other arm or partill is capable of being sprung back into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the metal from which the holder is constructed being spring steel to permit this. The upright portions 14 and 15 are pro vided with conical projections 18, oppositely located and designed to enter the central bore or passage through the spool. These projections are made larger at their bases than the diameter of the bore of the spool so that after the part 14 has been sprung back to permit of the insertion of the spool, the conical projections will enter the bore from opposite ends and press against the wall thereof with suflicient friction to normally hold the spool against turning, though permitting it to readily turn when tension is applied to the thread to draw it therefrom.

The form of holder shown in Fig. 2 is adapted for smaller spools, but I provide in the cabinet at least one holder adapted to receive much larger spools, while at the same time capable of holding small ones. Such a holder is shown in Fig. 3, in which instead of having a rigid projection 18 from the wall 15 I make this projection in the form of a head 19 carried by a spindle 20 threaded through the upright 15 and brace 16. These holders are located immediately in rear of the front wall of the cabinet in the position shown by the broken away portion on the right hand front corner of Fig. 1. The front wall of the cabinet is provided with a horizontal slot 21 equal in length to the length of the spool and through this slot the thread is passed, the length of the slot permitting the thread to play back and forth so as to unwind from the spool. The entrance of the thread to this horizontal slot is permitted by a diagonal slot 22 leading up to the upper edge of the front wall of the cabinet, the edges of this slot preferably being beveled as indicated at 22 to permit the more ready passage of the thread. Just above the horizontal slot 1 provide a fastening means for the end of the thread when not in use, which may conveniently consist of a rubberz block ZSEhaving beveled edges as shown, and the end of the thread when not in use may be drawn between this rubber block and the face of the cabinet wall, whereby it will be firmly held until it is desired to use the thread.

Havingithus described my invention, what I claim is:- l

1. A spool holder for sewing cabinets and the like com prising a single piece of sheet metal having a base adapted for connection to the floor of the cabinet, and upwardly extending arms at each end, one of said arms being yield ing and the other arm having a downwardly turned 1301' tion forming a brace, and spool engaging projections carried by said arms, substantially as described.

2. A spool holder for sewing cabinets and the like comprising a single piece of sheet metal having a base adapted for connection to the floor of the cabinet, and upwardly extending arms at each end, one of said arms being yie1d ing and the other arm having a downwardly turned por tion forming a brace, a rigid spool engaging projection carried by the yielding arm, and a horizontally adjustable spool engaging projection carried by the other arm.

3. A sewing cabinet having its front wall provided with a horizontal slot and an inclined slot leading therefrom, to the upper edge of the front wall, means for rotatably hold ing the spool in proximity to said horizontal slot, and a fastening device upon the outer face of said front wall in proximity to the slot, substantially as described.

4. A sewing cabinet having a plurality of slots in its front wall, spool holders in rear thereof for rotatably holding a plurality of spools in horizontal position, and a plurality of pins in rear of said spool holders for holding other spools in vertical position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses ELIZABETH R. Fvns'r,

I l f SAMUEL WILLIS FURST.

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